frolicsomeness

noun

frolicsomeness

noun

Etymology From frolicsome + -ness.

1

The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.

  • This indefatigable artist is known as "the painter of cats," and she has charmingly "hit off" both the heavy laziness of the mature animal, and the frolicsomeness of the kitten.1905, Walter Shaw Sparrow, Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, page 261:

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